Restless and Wild/Balls to the Wall

Accept

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: 1986
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000002666
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #198,716 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars __DO NOT BUY THIS! __, July 8, 2000

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The music is awesome, but this CD doeesn't have all of the songs from the original albums. Believe me, if you like Accept, you'll want to have _all_ of the songs from these albums, particularly "Ahead Of The Pack" from R&W & "Fight It Back" from BTTW, neither of which is on this CD.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great songs, questionable arrangement, October 10, 1999

By A Customer

I've never been a fan of compilations, mainly because I thing song selection is questionable on many of them. This album takes 15 songs from the Restless and Balls albums. There are 20 total songs among those two. So why not just add the extra 5 songs and make it a double cd set? I recommend just buying both Restless and Balls cds.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exceptional Accept- The only Accept you need, July 3, 2000

By A Customer

Accept seems a band destined to win the silver and lose the gold. But this compiliation shows that 2nd place can still be pretty good. This CD combines 15 tracks from their 2 strongest albums -Restless & Wild and Ball to the Wall- to provide over an hour of vintage metal, circa '83/'84. The music is pretty derivative of the usual suspects -Judas Priest, AC/DC, and especially the Scorpions- but Accept plays it well. The guitars squiggle & squeal in the right places, the drums are as fast as -well- a shark, and Udo's rusty razor vocals accomplish things they would not seem capable of. What puts Accept ahead of the rest of economy class metal are their lyrics. No songs about demons and wizards or up all night, sleep all day. Like the Scorps, Accept mostly write lyrics about the lives they live, working class rockers chock full of sex, sex, sex. Several songs like Head Over Heels, Love Child, & London Leatherboys are sexually ambiguous; pretty risky for the ultra macho metal of the early 80's. Losing More Than You Ever Hand is one of the most complex breakup songs you'll ever hear and Losers & Winners offers some helpful relationship advice -or else. Of course, the CD closes with Accept's one bonafide smash: Balls to the Wall. I defy you to not sing along. If you like your rock hard, fast, and aggressive Accept no substitutes.